SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL...

SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL

The Spanish Film Festival which took place in Pune was organized by Pune International Film Festival (PIFF). Pune Film Festival is established to promote the exhibition of National and International Films jointly with government of Maharashtra.

This festival was organized in the famous National Film Archive of India (NFAI).

The mission of NFAI is to safeguard the heritage of Indian and International cinema for dissemination of Healthy Film Culture, promotion and research on various aspects of cinema. Since 1964 it has evolved in to a great liberty of books, periodicals, film scripts, film prints. NFAI organizes film screenings and festivals in collaboration with film societies, cultural organizations and educational institutions.

The Spanish Film Festival in India is an event promoted by casa de la India (India House) in Spain in collaboration with Spanish institute for Cinema and Audiovisuals Arts (ICAA) of Spanish ministry of culture, the Spanish agency for International Corporation and Development (AECID), the Spanish Organization for the management of producers rights (EGEDA), the instituto Cervantes in N. Delhi and the embassy of Spain in India.

The films which were screened were:-

1.      EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS (the secret in their eyes) 129 min.

2.      HIERRO (hierro) 94 min.

3.      LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (Broken Embraces) 127 min.

4.      GARBO: EL ESPIA (Garbo: The Spy) 87 min.

5.      TRES DIAS CON LA FAMILIA (Three days with the family) 85 min.

6.      NACIDAS PARA SUFRIR (Born to suffer) 112 min.

7.      YO, TAMBIEN (Me too) 103 min.

8.      CELDA 211 (Cell 211) 113 min.

9.      AGORA (Agora) 126 min.

Among these Films screened I loved CELDA 211 & EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS the most.

CELDA 211 is a Action thriller movie which is shot in a prison with all the real prisons and real location and I liked the idea and how the story progresses with the main entrance of the prison official who is going to start his new job on the same day the prisoners organize a riot. Caught up in a fast-changing and dangerous situation, he is forced to exploit for the maximum, he is a born survivor teetering on the edge of an abyss.

EL SECRETO DE OJOS is romantic thriller and a murder case which has remained indelibly etched on Benjamin Esposito’s mind. The main thing in this movie is it’s full of suspense and the conclusion in the end is somewhat unclear, now retired, he decides to go back over that sory and take another look at a past full of love, death and friendship and rewrite his future.

TRES DIAS CON LA FAMILIA is a family drama which don’t come together till their grandfather and dad of the three sons and a daughter dies, the three days of the weak and the funeral are full nostalgia and the grief brought about the death. Lea rebels against this world of hypocrisy, although it clings to her skin like a tailor suit. 

It was a great experience which has given the jest and the whole idea of the films the Spanish has made and makes in their country and the culture and the living style of the country and the language is so amazing and so real acting in films.

The direction and the production were awesome, there was great camera work too and the stills taken have been amazing which are all real.

I would like to thank my mentor and my teacher for allowing me to spend some time for this beautiful film festival.

In the near future I would love to participate in the other film festivals also and love to learn so many things from them.

RAHUL RAO

(M & E student)

CENTUM U